Posted on 05/03/2005 4:32:44 AM PDT by ricks_place
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For the mainly Democratic audience - this was a crowd of Washington journalists and luminaries from Hollywood and Manhattan - it was an evening of cognitive dissonance. How to reconcile this charming image on stage with the Bush they love to bash?
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Mrs. Bush's performance, and her husband's reaction, wasn't a shock to the reporters who cover the White House. For years they have tried to convince their friends outside Washington that Mr. Bush is actually not a close-minded dolt, and Mrs. Bush is no Stepford Wife or Church Lady. Yes, they're Texans who go to church and preach family values, but they're not yahoos or religious zealots.
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When I was young, we had horses. We had this one, Bubba. He was a huge quarterhorse, an old racing horse. He used to let his dong down, get it swinging to get the flies off his stomach. Funniest thing I ever saw. It sounded like thumping a watermelon. I don't miss having to wash it, though. Made my dad do it most of the time. The size of it intimidated me. LOL
You have a gutter mind; she said no such thing and anybody who thinks she did is SEXUALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL.
That would be you.
We're you a rabid dog in your previous life???
I don't mind being wrong...But please do tell me/us why the joke was so roaringly funny...Let's assume the reference to Desparate Houswives and trips to the male strip club because 'Mr Excitement' falls asleep at 9 o'clock, have absolutely no reference to sex...So what (o' one that Howls at the moon) was the punch line that was so stupendously funny???
Where did you get the idea that she said anything about Lynne Cheney fondling naked men? From other comments you've made, you've not heard Laura Bush's routine; you've only read someone else's comments, and added your own ideas about them. For one thing, I've never been to Chippendale's, but even I know that the dancers are not naked, and the women do not fondle them. You obviously did not understand the joke about Mrs. Cheney's new Secret Service name being "Dollar Bill". Some women tuck dollar bills into the dancers' rather small underwear as the men dance near the edge of the stage.
There may be some women for whom this is a precursor to more lascivious conduct, but for most women, it is simply a funny thing to do. They can be 'bad' but not TOO bad!
As far as her poking fun at her husband, I'd bet they do that all the time to each other. It's what folks do who are happily married and secure in their love for each other. Nothing she said was ugly, and frankly, in almost every thing she said, she was poking more fun at the the media's PERCEPTION of her husband than at him.
OUCH!!!!
I see the poster boy for starched underwear is here
Poster boy for starched underwear! LOL!
You "QUACK" me up, Mike!
ohh boo hoo hoo...
I thought they were HILARIOUS.....
If so, it's because they do not understand the relationship that Laura Bush has with her in-laws. Laura loves Poppy and Bar, and they her. The President is always poking fun at his Mom, and Bar LOVES it! That family is very close knit and they all have respect for one another. They have fun with each other, and NONE of it is ever done in an ugly or disrespectful manner. If someone sees it that way, they don't understand the Bush family at all.
I don't think your gutter mind can wrap around the fact that it was city slicker/Yale/Harvard humor.
I suspect you see sexual innuendo everywhere you look.
Blessed are the prudish at heart, for they shall see sex everywhere. ;~D
"Wow hahaha!!! Calm Down Please!!!!!
The reason some of us thought this was funny (including me) is the fact that we know that First Lady Laura isn't like that. If she was like that we would not be laughing.
Would you be laughing if we heard the same thing coming out of Senator Clinton's mouth? I don't think so.
Since Laura is from Texas she knows the horse joke. Heck, 90% of the people at that dinner probably don't know how to tell a male and female horse apart unless they look between the legs. Her writer probably knew that."
I know Im naive, but I didn't see the sexual overtones of that joke....btw... hubby and I loved the Laura roast....
Some of these do gooders around here are quite entertaining. I'm not sure if I should laugh at them or pity them
So I saw; so much for keeping his word.
How about ridicule?
Yeah, maybe your right afterall...
Laura Bush should have peeled off her thong underwear and flung it into the crowd...hopefully landing it onto your head.
Oh...I forget for a moment...You mean the First Lady wasn't at a Bachelorette Party at Chippendales?
Why am I not surprised you made the entire episode dirty.
I think Iscool is actually Larry Flint
I can't help myself; I need to keep on touching your lives.
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